California-based GamePlan Wealth, a business management company for athletes, is looking at San Antonio as part of a possible investment in an Arena Football League franchise.

Jason Lohe, the founder of the organization, toured the Alamodome with city executive Jim Mery on Tuesday. The group, which includes former athletes such as NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and ex-NFL quarterback Jeff Blake as senior consultants, also has been in contact with Spurs Sports & Entertainment about using the AT&T Center.

GamePlan Wealth, hoping to field an AFL ballclub beginning in 2012, has yet to visit the Spurs' home arena.

Lohe did not respond Thursday to calls to his Walnut Creek, Calif., office. Jerry Kurz, commissioner of the Tulsa-based AFL, also did not return phone messages, while league spokesman Evan Vladem declined comment.

Leo Gomez, vice president of communications and corporate development for the Spurs, acknowledged that a representative for GamePlan Wealth had contacted the Spurs earlier this month. The Spurs, who have stressed that they're seeking to expand their entertainment and sports portfolio, are researching the viability of Lohe's company and the AFL with a possible ownership stake in mind.

"It's all preliminary," Gomez said. "We believe firmly that it has to be a league that will survive in the long term."

Michael Sculley, director of the Bexar County Community Venues Program, said that early indications from a joint city-county sports study, which will be released in coming weeks, are that the AFL "is a doable venture."

The 18-team AFL, playing its second season since undergoing a financial overhaul in 2010, is looking to expand or relocate beginning next season.

AFL teams perform on a playing surface roughly the size of a hockey rink. For AFL games, the Alamodome would be configured roughly as it is in hosting basketball contests.

Michael Sawaya, the city's director for convention, sports and entertainment facilities, confirmed that Lohe was at the Alamodome on Tuesday. GamePlan Wealth, he said, is seeking local investors to join in fielding an AFL club.

Trey Medlock, the former president of the AFL's Tulsa Talons, has also communicated with Spurs and city officials about the potential franchise.

However, "We're dealing with an unknown entity here," Sawaya said. "You're not worried, but it's just, 'Show me who you are.'?"